Yu Huimin thought about it more and more and felt that this was a good idea. She opened the wardrobe, found where she hid her things, and put the erotic picture book at the very bottom.
Anyway, only she and Lao Li go into the master bedroom, and Lao Li needs her to get whatever clothes he wears; she would never rummage through the closet.
After a long period of calm, Yu Huimin finally approached her son to inquire about what had happened earlier.
When Li Wei heard that his mother had burned the erotic picture book, he was extremely regretful and even more worried about how to explain it to his roommate.
There was an iron stove left in the house Zhao Qinglan rented. When her mother and sister were cleaning up, she went out and spent money to have someone bring in some honeycomb briquettes.
With honeycomb briquettes for heating and boiling water, it's not so cold at night.
When she left home in the morning, she made a point of bringing a quilt and a blanket, which she would use for her mother and the others in the meantime.
In fact, with all this, the Sun family was already quite satisfied.
The four of them cleaned up quickly, but by the time they had almost finished, it was already afternoon.
They made do with the food they brought in the morning for lunch.
There was no clock in the house, so Zhao Qinglan had to ask her neighbor for the time.
She now feels an urgent need to buy a watch; otherwise, it's really inconvenient not knowing the time when she's out and about.
"Mom, make sure you lock the doors at night. Don't go out or open the door for anyone."
"Don't worry, I'm not a child."
"Then I'll head back now. I'll come back first thing tomorrow morning. I've written down the phone numbers for my neighbor's house and Li Huai's office. If anything urgent happens, just call me."
"Okay, I understand."
"Qingzhu, Qingju, take good care of Mom," Zhao Qinglan instructed her two younger sisters.
After leaving some change and food coupons, Zhao Qinglan left for the place where the military trucks were parked.
Since they were unfamiliar with the area, Mrs. Sun and her two daughters dared not wander around.
As soon as Zhao Qinglan left, they closed the door from the inside.
There are more military spouses accompanying military vehicles into the city in the morning, but fewer in the afternoon. After all, the military vehicles come directly to pick up the children in the afternoon, without buying anything. They just pick up the children and leave, without having time to give them anything.
Zhao Qinglan waited for a while before she saw the military truck drive up.
The driver and the soldiers in the vehicle recognized her and stopped immediately upon seeing her.
Zhao Qinglan didn't come back at noon, and the eldest child and the others ate in the cafeteria again, which made the second child the most unhappy.
He thought that now that his stepmother had gone home, he would be able to eat her cooking every day, but he never expected that he still wouldn't be able to.
When Zhao Qinglan arrived home with Wu Mei's children, she saw Erwa looking sullen.
"Oh, what's wrong with our second child?" she teased.
"Why didn't you come back at noon?" Erwa asked, looking up at her.
"I was helping my grandma and aunts pack, so I couldn't get back in time."
"Will you continue like this in the future?"
"In the future? Probably not."
"That's good." Erwa immediately became happy.
Zhao Qinglan knew what Erwa, this little foodie, was thinking, so she immediately went to cook.
Li Huai could smell the aroma of food from afar, different from what other people's food smelled, and knew that Zhao Qinglan had returned. He walked very fast.
Sun Shengli felt frustrated as he watched his subordinates walk faster and faster, leaving him behind and ignoring his commands.
"It's just that my wife is back, why are you in such a hurry? These young people nowadays," he muttered.
Sun Shengli completely forgot what he had said when he hadn't seen his wife for many days, and how excited he was when he saw her again—something any man could understand.
Upon arriving home, Li Huai became even more agitated to find only Zhao Qinglan there, while his mother-in-law and two younger sisters-in-law were absent.
His long-cherished wish finally had a chance to come true!
His beaming joy caught the attention of the other children.
Da Wa and Xiao Duo unilaterally assumed that he was also happy that Zhao Qinglan had returned.
Erwa, being a foodie, thought his dad was happy that he could finally eat his stepmother's cooking.
Naïve children have no idea about the complex psychology of adults.
The family finally sat down together and had a proper meal, which made Zhao Qinglan feel especially satisfied.
She did eat yesterday, but her mother and sister were there, so she and Li Huai didn't sit at the table. Today's meal is the first one after they reunited.
After finishing his meal, Erwa rubbed his belly and let out a comfortable sigh.
The children were very perceptive and helped Zhao Qinglan tidy up.
The whole family of five cleaned up together, and they did it incredibly quickly.
After everything was tidied up, Zhao Qinglan asked in detail about the three children's situation during her absence.
She kept asking questions, which made Li Huai very anxious, and he kept raising his hand to check his watch.
He does own a watch, which he bought several years ago with his savings.
After waiting for more than half an hour without seeing Zhao Qinglan return, Li Huai became impatient.
He got up and walked over, standing at the doorway of the children's room. He coughed lightly.
Zhao Qinglan, who was talking to the children, looked over.
"What's wrong?"
"Hey, Qinglan, could you scrub my back for me later?" he suddenly asked.
“Okay, call me when you take a shower.” Zhao Qinglan replied without thinking, not caring about the implications of the question at all, and subconsciously assuming it was from her past life as an old married couple with Li Huai.
She didn't think much of it, thinking it was just a back rub.
Hearing her answer without hesitation, Li Huai felt his blood boil.
She actually agreed to rub her own back.
Li Huai turned and went back to his bedroom, still excited.
After Li Huai left, Zhao Qinglan suddenly remembered her answer.
Wait, give Li Huai a back rub!
Doesn't that mean that when he's showering naked, you have to go in?
In her previous life, they would have been an old married couple and used to each other, so she wouldn't have thought anything of it. But in this life...
Zhao Qinglan blushed at the thought.
But she had already agreed, so it wasn't easy for her to go back on her word.
She lingered in the children's room for quite a while before finally going back inside.
Upon seeing her return, Li Huai immediately stood up.
"Qinglan, I'm going to take a shower now. Can you come in and scrub my back for me in a bit?"
"Mmm," Zhao Qinglan responded in a barely audible voice.
Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Li Huai immediately picked up the basin and left.
Since this bathroom was built, taking a shower has become so much more convenient for them.
Moreover, because there are large pots outside for boiling water and cooking, there is also enough hot water in the bathroom.
Wu Mei and Wei Hong had long coveted the bathroom in their house and were both thinking of building one in their own home.
Zhao Qinglan knew that men generally shower very quickly, and after struggling with her inner thoughts for a while, she finally gritted her teeth and went out.
Reaching the bathroom door, she said softly, "Li Huai, shall I come in?"
"Okay, come in, the door isn't locked."
As soon as she opened the door, she saw a man's body with tremendous impact under the dim light, and she was immediately stunned.
The difference in physique between Li Huai, who is not yet thirty, and Li Huai, who is over sixty, is quite striking...
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